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Tladi outclasses Shining Stars
Shining Stars skipper, Thatayaone Tshose chose to bat first after winning the toss. Opening batsmen, Rashaad Mosweu and Tumelo Molema scored briskly to lay a solid foundation. The partnership was broken when bowler Tahir Patel bowled Molema for 30...
8057,Dumisani Ncube,php79F5.tmp.jpg,2014/february/25,2014-02-25 17:07:23, 12 May 2014
Injury-prone Ngele kicks his heels on the sidelines
The Township Rollers linkman has been nursing a persistent knee injury, which has frustratingly kept him off the field since February. The senior Ngele was injured the first time last year while warming up before a Kabelano Cup match...
438,Lekopanye Mooketsi,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:04, 12 May 2014
Chess duo awarded WIMs titles in Norway
Both were awarded Woman International Master (WIM) titles over the weekend. Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) spokesperson, Keenese Katisenge told Mmegi Sport from Tromso, Norway that Botlhole’s award follows further release of the 2014...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:04:00, 12 May 2014
Montshos B sample results still pending
However, the athlete requested for a second test which was carried out last Monday. The former 400m world champion is back home waiting for further action from the Commonwealth Games Federation. She is currently suspended from athletics which is...
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2014
Full-steam for next weeks Francistown Pitso
The guests have been confirmed, while a packed programme has also been drafted for the Pitso that will be held next week, from August 19 to 21 at Adansonia Hotel in Francistown. City mayor James Kgalajwe has also released a list of firms which have...
429,Patricia Edwin,php845.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 11:20:54, 12 May 2014
Insurance penetration at less than 1%
According to chief executive officer of Old Mutual Botswana, Jack Bekker the low insurance penetration in Botswana and Africa as a continent provides significant opportunities for the industry. “There is great potential for growth on the...
399,Staff Writer,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:33:14, 12 May 2014
Ongadile introduces a gospel album with a unique twist
While most gospel singers, concentrate more on singing worship and praise songs, Ongadile, said he decided to experiment with something different. He explained that instead of singing, he decided to spread the word of God through the use of...
420,Maureen Odubeng,php85BC.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Legitix steals the show at dance battle competition
The four member crew was pitted as the underdogs in the competition, since it was their inaugral participation in the event. They were up against experienced dance crews Massive legends, The lab and Prototypes. The crew did not hesitate to go face to...
8057,Dumisani Ncube,php79F5.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
In Tuesday's paper
12 May 2014
Renewable energy, now
As he and his predecessors have dutifully done over the years, Energy Minister,Kitso Mokaila, assured his audience that government is committed to national level uptake of renewable energy and is in fact working on several projects to ensure this...
450,Mmegi Editor,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 17:32:19, 12 May 2014
P7 million for propaganda against SI
12 May 2014
August month is womens month
“iv) Repealing and reforming all laws, amending constitutions and changing social practices which still subject women to discrimination, and enacting empowering gender sensitive laws...” The Declaration was signed on behalf of Botswana...
2208,Michael Dingake,phpFF67.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Mmegi30yrs: Remembering some of our editors
Sechele Sechele 1993-2004 This was one of the longest serving editors who took over when Mmegi was a weekly paper to the time when it turned into daily in October 2003. “When the paper transformed into a daily it was a very challenging...
12 May 2014
Kgotla meetings for Shakawe Senior crisis
The main objective of the meeting is to meet with school heads of the five senior schools where their children would be readmitted (Maun SSS, Shakawe SSS, Madiba SSS, Goodhope SSS and Gantsi SSS). Similar meetings will continue as follows; *August...
12 May 2014
Ndove to help the disabled
Ndove, a member of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), said she will not be contesting the coming elections. A mother with a disabled child, she said that there is a need for all to be committed and involved in helping the government to take...
434,Pini Bothoko,php3A86.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:22:55, 12 May 2014
Defilement and rape criminals walk free in Gantsi
In an interview, district AIDS coordinator, Tshoganetso Mahupe, said the majority of cases go unreported which leads to perpetrators not facing the wrath of the law. Mahupe said some of the reasons for not reporting are that a majority of victims do...
8171,Leinanyana Tsiane,,2014/february/28,2014-02-28 13:01:12, 12 May 2014
BCP vows to extend maternity leave
Launching the party’s candidate for Gaborone Bonnington North, Anna Motlhagodi on Sunday, Saleshando said the 14-week maternity was in line with International Labour Organisation stipulations. “We are going to address labour...
438,Lekopanye Mooketsi,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:04, 12 May 2014
NDMO hosts Media
The purpose of the workshop is to strengthen media reporting and advocacy capacity on Disaster Risk Reduction issues as well as to reduce the vulnerability of media practitioners during the coverage of Disasters. The workshop will be facilitated by...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg,2013/october/10,2013-10-10 22:37:48, 12 May 2014
Mogonye monument launch today
The ocassion is to be held at the gatehouse, one of the structures within the Mogonye monuments. The Minister responsible,Tshekedi Khama officially opened the Mogonye infrastructure developments, which is said to be part of the 100 monuments, a...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg,2013/october/10,2013-10-10 22:37:48, 12 May 2014
Geological Survey opens in Lobatse
The department provides base geological information to the private exploration companies who use the information to do geological investigtions resulting in the discovery of mineral deposits and mining of these resources in Botswana. The department,...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg,2013/october/10,2013-10-10 22:37:48, 12 May 2014
Divorced traditional doctor ordered to pay child maintenance
Daniel Motshegare, who claims to be a traditional doctor, said he could only be able to get clients and pay his five children’s maintenance if his spirits were free. He said his pending divorce case has hindered him from making money, as he...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg,2013/october/22,2013-10-22 14:33:37, 12 May 2014
Supply still tight, Eskom
Apart from domestic generation, the South African utility giant is a key source of imports for Botswana. However, Eskom cuts its supplies to Botswana to zero whenever it is forced to shed load in South Africa. Yesterday, the utility issued a...
662,Sharon Mathala,php6F5B.tmp.jpg,2013/october/10,2013-10-10 22:37:48, 12 May 2014
One man, one beast for Kgafela
At a kgotla meeting on Saturday, tribesmen said they feared the paramount chief and his heir, Matshego, were starving to death in South Africa as the petition asking President Ian Khama to drop his legal charges, goes unanswered. Scores of Bakgatla...
431,Lerato Maleke,phpD4F0.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:18:54, 12 May 2014
BDP on slippery ground
A Mmegi analysis shows that the BDP might be safe in only 27 of the constituencies they won in the last general elections. In the 2009 general elections, of the 45 constituencies the ruling party won, 18 of them were by a slim margin, according to...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 16:31:00, 12 May 2014
Nkaigwa gift company settles with GCC
Primedia Outdoor was in the news two months ago after it emerged that Mayor Haskins Nkaigwa received a P30,000 gift from the company while the Council was fighting to remove the company’s billboards due to an expired trading...
601,Mpho Mokwape,php5B7D.tmp.jpg,2013/october/09,2013-10-09 10:20:58, 12 May 2014
BCP decries RB disregard ahead of debates
This follows after the BCP requested information on the topics that will be discussed and how the debates will be conducted. Their efforts to correspond with the Deputy Permanent Secretary for Information and Broadcasting, Mogomotsi Kaboeamodimo,...
3476,Tsaone Basimanebotlhe,php5334.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 16:31:00, 12 May 2014
In Friday paper
12 May 2014
Abortions and brothels should be legalized in Botswana
These are noble ideas, but I don’t agree with the latter suggestion. Pregnancy allowances would be a waste of taxpayers’ funds. Women shouldn’t be praised for giving birth to children they cannot afford to take of. They should be...
510,Keletso Thobega,phpA3BD.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Volleyball president appeals to new minister
“I know the one at the University of Botswana is about to be completed which is a welcome development, but we need more than that,” Molaodi said at the Mascom Volleyball League awards held in Gaborone on Tuesday. He said they intend to...
411,Boitumelo Khutsafalo,php4A86.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Tactical battle looms in Chiefs-GU duel
Chiefs rose from their slumber to register an impressive 4-2 win over FC Satmos while GU ended Extension Gunners’ winning streak with a 2-1 victory. Both sides, which are separated by three points, are under the tutelage of former league...
411,Boitumelo Khutsafalo,php4A86.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Mabote: The Karateka turned tennis master
He was a karate kid before dropping it after his first year at Tlhomo Community Junior Secondary School in kanye. That was when he changed and decided to play Table Tennis. Despite joining the Table Tennis club at Tlhomo CJSS very late, it did not...
440,Teichler Rankoa,, 12 May 2014
BOPSSA eyes two major take overs
BOPSSA president, Busani Segweni said they are negotiating with Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) to be given the Re Ba Bona Ha programme because it is currently under different sporting codes. Re Ba Bona Ha was launched in 2002 before...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php6D54.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
BCA trains cricket teenagers
The BCA chief executive officer, Girish Ramakrishana told Mmegi Sport yesterday that the sessions will be open to all cricket players in the targeted age range. He said the training is meant to polish players for up-coming tournaments. “We...
440,Teichler Rankoa,, 12 May 2014
Bathai bows out of BOKA
The outgoing BOKA president said that internal squabbles in BOKA were easy to handle but not the interference from Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC). He accused his detractors of peddling falsehoods against him. He said some officials have no...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php6D54.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Digging Tswana Roots - The lake of fire awaiting the Beast
Revelation is very difficult to understand mainly due to the symbols – often multi-layered – that pepper the book. These symbols are even harder to decipher and interpret without the power of Setswana to unlock the proto-meaning of many...
2213,L M Leteane,, 12 May 2014
Kgathi misled Parliament
He was responding to a question from the Members of Parliament for Gabane-Mankgodi, Major General Pius Mokgware, on tenders awarded to the company. In response to a question from the former commander of the ground forces of the Botswana Defence...
450,Mmegi Editor,, 12 May 2014
P2 billion supplementary budget: epitome of budget indiscipline
In the Westminster type of system like Botswana, parliament holds the ‘power of the purse’, that is to say it must sanction all expenditures, all borrowings from national, regional or international financial institutions, and all revenues...
47877,Dithapelo Keorapetse,, 12 May 2014
BOPEU conference - an eye opener for the labour movement
Selfish and narrow personal interests of leadership must give way to broader worker interest with objectives to improve worker welfare, ensure decent work, and inculcate quality service principles through workers unity. BOPEU leadership rose...
475,Correspondent,, 12 May 2014
Chewed but not swallowed
As told traditionally, a forgetful pastor tells his congregation that Jonah swallowed a whale, to which a watchful congregant points out that, actually, the whale swallowed Jonah. The pastor, in turn, mumbles that all he remembers is that...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1713.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
No immediate relief for Gaborone Dam
Along its catchment area and extending into South Africa through the South East District, approximately 200 smaller dams, many of which are located on private holdings, feed Gaborone Dam. Of the smaller dams, none is as significant psychologically...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1713.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Watching the rain fall down
“In the future, you will be flushing that water and also drinking it later on,” said former PS Paya a few decades ago. Then, every residential and most business structures featured gutters, allowing for easy rainwater harvesting. Old,...
601,Mpho Mokwape,php5B7D.tmp.jpg,2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Catholic bishops identify sunken Gaborone Dam church
The compound, according to Bishop Emeritus Boniface Setlalekgosi, was called Forrest Hill and comprised a small church, livestock kraals and other structures related to agriculture. The compound – located on the eastern banks of the Gaborone...
422,Mbongeni Mguni,php1713.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
The ebolarisation of our culture
Even though Ebola has not affected Botswana yet, one wonders what would happen if at all the deadly virus came knocking. The disease, which is spread via contact with bodily secretions of the infected, has already ridden on the back of cultural...
2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
The dangers of sex-work
It happened one May night this year, when an enraged truck driver warned the young woman that he would run her over truck if she did not do as he wished. Instead of intervening, other sex workers stood by and dismissed his threats as just that. He...
404,Bame Piet,phpB30D.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Every drop counts, residents learn the hard way
An old resident of Gaborone, Kitsiso Mmele has lived most of her life in the city and has never seen Gaborone Dam dry up. Harvesting water and keeping it in drums and buckets is an altogether new experience for her. Below she ruminates on the...
601,Mpho Mokwape,php5B7D.tmp.jpg,2172,Nnasaretha Kgamanyane,php16B0.tmp.jpg, 12 May 2014
Bright vows to overturn deficit
Bright watched as his side failed to choke the South African side at a crucial time in Pretoria where they fell 2-0 in the first round tie. Mandla Mgadla had the best opportunity to grab a vital away goal for GU, but his decision when clear on goal...
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 09:53:00, 12 May 2014
BOKA holds regional selection tournaments
But we managed to meet this target last year," he said. He expressed optimism that if they push their development plan, they could attain the goal of winning a medal at a world event before 2018.The event involved karatekas between 8-20...
438,Lekopanye Mooketsi,,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 14:27:04, 12 May 2014
Bring on GU or Rollers - Chikwanda
Bring on GU or Rollers - ChikwandaCHAKALISA DUBE Staff Writer SELEBI-PHIKWE: BDF XI coach, Elijah Chikwanda has said he does not care who his side meets in the Mascom Top Eight final. After knocking out Nico United 5-3 on aggregate...
409,Chakalisa Dube,php6867.tmp.jpg,2013/october/04,2013-10-04 09:59:01, 12 May 2014
Nomadic Butler to be unveiled as Zebras coach
Nomadic Butler to be unveiled as Zebras coach l Package similar to Tshosane's MQONDISI DUBE Staff Writer T he Botswana Football Association (BFA) will unveil the new Zebras coach, Peter Butler and technical director, Ben Kgomela tomorrow...
407,Mqondisi Dube,php794.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 09:53:00, 12 May 2014
Bicycle race gets P235,000 boost
Speaking at the launch of the sponsorship, John Bennett from Tsela Riders said the race, which will be the first of its kind in Botswana will be held from February 14 until 23. He said that three days race is a popular event in the international...
417,Calistus Kolantsho,php1F76.tmp.jpg,2013/october/01,2013-10-01 10:04:00, 12 May 2014
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